Operator?

So I asked Ella to go downstairs and get the phone so I could call Jayme. I guess she figured she knew the # so she tried calling him.. She comes upstairs and says Mom there is someone on the phone.. I thought maybe she hit re-dial or something.. I get on the phone and I hear "Mama this is the operator, your daughter was playing with the phone" I was like "oh my gosh, so sorry", and she was totally fine with it. I get off the phone and sternly tell Ella "that was the operator, she was mad, you can't play with the phone".. she goes around the corner, and I hear a sheepish voice... "is she coming here?" I say no, your not in that kind of trouble.. but I think she got the message!

A Yummy Surprise!

Some friends popped by and dropped off this crazy yummy cupcakes... don't they look scrumptious? Well they are/ were!! Such a nice surprise on a cold night. And perfect timing for my nightly shows! (nothing like watching Biggest Loser chowing on a calorie laddened cupcake :) )

Thanks guys!!

Dresser Make Over

So we've been keeping our eye's out for dressers for the girls. We looked at new, but they are pricey, even for a basic one. So finally found a great on Kijiji; a 5 peice set for $80. Jay had to drive to Vermilion (30min) but I think it was worth it. It was a tall 4 drawer dresser, a long 9 drawer dresser, 2 night tables and a large mirro (have yet to do the mirror).

I was lazy and didn't want to tackly sanding everything so got a bondable primer and did 2 coats of it and then a white gloss spray paint over top. I accented with a dark pink, which I love! Hardware always seems to be the expensive part of a 'makeover' so I opted to spray the existing hardware, and I think this is my favorite part of the makeover, love how they turned out! Not sure how long they will last, might have needed a primer first, guess we'll see..

So in all, here is the break down:

dressers $80

primer $28

Brushes $6

spray paint $12

pink craft paint $0.94

Total for all pieces: $126.94 cheaper than even 1 dresser new! and way cuter than I could have bought!

I have a close up of the detail on top of the dresser. Not the work of a perfectionist, the work of a productionist :). Also a close up of the hardware. ( I have a hard time moving text and pictures around on blogger so sorry they are kinda all over the place, but I was losing patience!)

Knitting

So a friend of mine got the bug in my ear about knitting.. and since then i've been thinking, "ya, I want to knit!" being impatient, I thought ohhh you tube might have something. (Youtube has a video on EVERYTHING) and I found a really great video, made it so easy! So been working on it tonight. I got one piece done, it's about 12-14" wide and 1.5" tall, and I'm going to roll it in to a flower accessory. Next piece is a scarf. Maybe for the girls or maybe a short accessory type one for me.

Here's a pic; notice the strategic planning to hide my double chin from the laptop camera :)

BOO!!!

This year our Branch (Church) thru a Trunk or Treat (same concept of Halloween but we had it at the Church building and the kids went room to room getting candy). The kids had a blast. It was a fun night.

This year at our house we had Ella the green dragon (totally her choice), Keera a cute pink butterfly and Jett the pirate, the cutest pirate ever if I do say so! It was fun to be around for Halloween this year as the last 2 we've been away on holidays (Jayme and I).

Little Man

Found this suit while shopping in the states.. $13 can you belive it??!!! Wish they had others in his size, but they didn't. He's growing up so fast!

Before November

So I guess I should get a token October post in before it's November--ALREADY!

Time has flown by that's for sure. Ella is doing great at school, really loving it. We had parent teacher interviews last week. She is struggling in a few areas, we walked away thinking, Yikes didn't know you could 'fail' Kindergarten. She totally isn't but just defiantly has been a transition for her. And as the teacher pointed out, they've only been in school for 20 days so far.

Keera is really loving to color these days. She's actually a better color'er that Ella, I think it has to do with the patience thing. She also started speech therapy at the end of September. She has mild to moderate speech problems but the therapist thought a 6m course of therapy would get her back on track. She really enjoys going and does quite well. We've done "h" sounds and "F" sounds so far, she has the H down pat, but we're still working on the F sounds. I think she quite enjoys the time with out Ella, as she gets to 'be the boss' though Jett holds his own and does his fair share of being the "pesky younger brother".

Jett is still made about cars, trucks and trains. LOVES them. He has one in his hand 90% of the time. He play on his own quite contently if he has some cars. He often likes to "tow" things with the cars/trucks. Today it was a bun. He is really starting to talk more too, can get his point across with out much problem. He's also gone from calling me "ma" to Mommie, which I love. He does the same with Jay.. "da-deee".

We just got back from Calgary for thanksgiving and then we went to Jayme's parents where Jayme stayed with his Dad and the kids while I had a girls weekend with Jayme's Mom and Sisters. We drove to Salt Lake where his one sister Alisynn lives. We shopped, shopped, ate Mexican food, and shopped some more. It was a ton of fun! We also went to Temple Square and they had a miniature display of the Salt Lake Temple, and the interior! It was neat to see it in that perspective, and I'm sure answers some questions for those that have not been in a Temple, what they generally look like inside. They had a beautiful video to accompany it that generally explains what happens in each room. Defiantly worth the visit. I 'borrowed' this picture off my SIL's blog (thanks KD)

Jayme has been working as a supervisor since September. It's a temporary spot but we really hope it turns in to permanent (covering for a supervisor that has a ton of vacation days accumulated). This means that he goes to work about 7-8am (instead of 4:30-5am) and can take Ella to the bus stop in the mornings she goes to school (huge help!) sometimes he is home for lunch (never happened before) and is home for supper more than before, but sometimes does work a bit later. (but doesn't have the later nights like he would before). He is really enjoying it, as am I.

I'm just plugging away with the usual. Laundry, dishes, meals, cleaning ect. I'm still sitting about 58lbs lost.. haven't lost anything for a month (thanks to thanksgiving, girls weekend, and a lull in my motivation these days.) I"m trying to convince myself that I'm back in the game, and making a push to lose so more weight before Christmas. It is such a BATTLE. uhg. but I don't want to let go now.. got. to. keep. going.

Sorry there are not many pictures (I love blogs with pictures) but someone (Ella) dumped/spilt water on our laptop and it's in dry out mode till tomorrow. (it's where all our recent pics are).